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Five detained in vote-buying raid in Burgas's Pobeda district
Police have been checking Pobeda district in Burgas since early morning for vote-buying and drugs. Five people have been detained so far.
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Police detain 11 in raids over water utility contract scheme in Burgas and Sofia
Bulgaria's organised crime unit searched 31 addresses and detained 11 suspects over the looting of a water utility through public contracts for…
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Police detain 11 over alleged theft from water utility
Investigators say repairs to reservoirs in the Burgas region were paid for but never carried out. Nearly €8.18m was paid out on just two contracts.
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Man jailed over Milen Tsvetkov's death asks for early release
Kristian Nikolov is serving nine years in prison. The Sofia City Court will hear his request next week.
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Prof Mariela Geneva admits guilt in court but stays in custody
The Court of Appeal in Plovdiv has upheld the detention of the professor, who is named as the organiser of a scheme to siphon more than €3m from the…
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Woman charged over drugs worth more than €1.3m in Sofia
Sofia city prosecutors have charged a woman with keeping fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, cannabis and hashish at a flat in Sofia to sell.
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Body of Ukrainian man, 37, found on beach at Sunny Beach
In the same 24 hours, Burgas regional police also reported three drivers detained, a car overturned between Karnobat and Shumen, and a house fire in…
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Two drivers with methamphetamine in Dolno Ezerovo, drunk driver near Pomorie
Police caught two drivers after methamphetamine in Dolno Ezerovo, and near Pomorie a 60-year-old man was driving with 1.04 per mille of alcohol.
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Three drivers die in two crashes in Burgas region in three days
Two people were killed in a head-on crash on the Karnobat-Aytos-Burgas road, and a 66-year-old driver died after his vehicle hit a pole in Burgas.
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Police stop van driver with 1.44 per mille alcohol in Burgas's Slaveykov district
Police stopped a 46-year-old Burgas man at the wheel of a delivery van outside Block 68 in the Slaveykov district. He had 1.44 per mille alcohol. He…
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Kotel driver who tested positive for cocaine detained in Nesebar
Police found 10 grams of cocaine and cannabis at the home of a 32-year-old man in Nesebar. He refused to give blood and urine samples.
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Remand in custody sought for mother and son, 14, charged with murder in Dimitrovgrad
A 32-year-old woman and her 14-year-old son have been charged with murdering a 67-year-old man in the Chernokonevo district of Dimitrovgrad.
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Spain sends influencer Stoyan Kolev, who fled house arrest, back to Bulgaria
Kolev is charged with hooliganism and driving after using cocaine. He was arrested in Valencia during a livestream.
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Organised crime police raid properties in Kostinbrod over water sector contract money (updated)
Specialised police are searching properties in Kostinbrod over reports that money from public contracts in the water and sewage sector was siphoned…
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Varna police check nearly 700 people in operation against election offences
In Varna region, officers checked more than 720 cars and 85 addresses. They detained a man linked to 58 crimes.